Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear.
Addison.
-- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n.
Speech"mak`er (?), n. One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak
in a public assembly.
Speed (?), n. [AS. sp&?;d success, swiftness, from sp&?;wan to succeed;
akin to D. spoedd, OHG. spuot success, spuot to succees, Skr. sph to
increase, grow fat. √170b.] 1. Prosperity in an undertaking;
favorable issue; success. "For common speed." Chaucer.
O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed
this day.
Gen. xxiv. 12.
2. The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly;
rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails.
Milton.
In kinematics, speedis sometimes used to denote the amount of velocity
without regard to direction of motion, while velocity is not regarded
as known unless both the direction and the amount are known.
3. One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success. [Obs.]
"Hercules be thy speed!" Shak.
God speed, Good speed; prosperity. See Godspeed. -- Speed gauge, Speed
indicator, ∧ Speed recorder (Mach.), devices for indicating or
recording the rate of a body's motion, as the number of revolutions of
a shaft in a given time. -- Speed lathe (Mach.), a power lathe with a
rapidly revolving spindle, for turning small objects, for polishing,
etc.; a hand lathe. -- Speed pulley, a cone pulley with steps.
Syn. -- Haste; swiftness; celerity; quickness; dispatch; expedition;
hurry; acceleration. See Haste.
Speed (spd), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sped (spd), Speeded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Speeding.] [AS. spdan, fr. spd, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen.
See Speed, n.] 1. To go; to fare. [Obs.]
To warn him now he is too farre sped.
Remedy of Love.
2. To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
Shak.
Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped; The mightiest still upon
the smallest fed.
Waller.